Hard seltzers? A new state holiday? Here are five bills you may have missed. Cox has until March 24 to sign or veto them.
New state holidayA Utah bill would make Juneteenth National Freedom Day a state holiday. The holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., has been celebrated by Black Americans since the late-19th century.
Also known as June Nineteenth, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to tell remaining enslaved African Americans that the Civil War had ended and that they were free. In the aftermath of nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black Minnesota man who was killed by a white police officer in 2020, more states and businesses have made an effort to officially recognize the holiday. President Joe Biden last year signed a law to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Under Utah’s bill, if the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday it will be celebrated on the preceding Monday. If the holiday falls on a weekend it will be observed the following Monday, giving people a three-day weekend.A bill approved by the Utah Legislature would make you think twice about pulling out your phone while driving.
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